Recommendations for Docking Bay 327

[Commander Keller]

Hey all,

I finally have some free time and was eyeing my UCS Falcon. I’ve been wanting to do the whole coffee table thing with it for my game room.

I’ve looked at a few designs and wanted to see if anyone had any recommendations on your favorite designed ones. Perhaps, you’ve purchased instructions or built someone’s model. What ones did you like the best?

I would like to consider LED for the hangar itself but not sure on the falcon. Anyone have experience with that? Or pictures of what you might have done? 
 

Any and all ideas are greatly appreciated!

 

[karmajay]

I started on the same thing earlier this year. I'm at 95% part completion. I purchased instructions and a light kit from CyberLogic on rebrickable.

Be aware buying the approx 9k pieces is real expensive. The quantity needed for some pieces means you'll need to buy them through Lego not just Bricklink. Lego has some of their own limitations and rules so those purchases will have to be spaced out also. 

The table part is going to be simple for us - plexiglass on the sides and glass on top to show off as much of the scene as possible.

I won't start building it until I'm 100% because the base is so big you won't be able to get it through any doors so it needs to be built in the same open space that the table will be in.

There is also a thread on the brickset forums that has some nice pictures of tables for the UCS MF.

Edited August 29, 2021 by karmajay

[Commander Keller]

Totally fair! Thanks for the info. I will check out their set up. Do you have a general size of the completed base plates? From what you are saying, it’s gonna be huge!

[Commander Keller]

7 hours ago, karmajay said:

I started on the same thing earlier this year. I'm at 95% part completion. I purchased instructions and a light kit from CyberLogic on rebrickable.

Be aware buying the approx 9k pieces is real expensive. The quantity needed for some pieces means you'll need to buy them through Lego not just Bricklink. Lego has some of their own limitations and rules so those purchases will have to be spaced out also. 

The table part is going to be simple for us - plexiglass on the sides and glass on top to show off as much of the scene as possible.

I won't start building it until I'm 100% because the base is so big you won't be able to get it through any doors so it needs to be built in the same open space that the table will be in.

There is also a thread on the brickset forums that has some nice pictures of tables for the UCS MF.

Do you have any pictures of what your table will look like? I was thinking wood trim but not entirely sure.

[karmajay]

40 x 30 x16 inches is the size of the edges of the MOC

Here is one I like, simple, maybe needs to be a bit heftier for the full MOC. That thread I talked about above has more pictures of tables in it.

 

[LDigital]

Does anyone know where I can get a table like that in the UK for a reasonable price?